Yahoo once sent a job offer letter in a FedEx box that yodeled every time it was opened

In 2009, Chris Lehmann was hired to help Yahoo revamp its
on-again off-again news organization, he writes in The Baffler
today. He knew things were off to a bad start when his job offer
letter arrived in a FedEx box that was set up to play Yahoo's
infamous yodel every time it was opened.

He writes, "Even after I rushed it into my kitchen trash can, it
would start in on its infernal yodeling loop whenever I’d discard
a used yogurt carton or wadded-up paper towel on top. It was the
branding mechanism that would not die."

In case you're not familiar with what he's talking about, listen
here:

On a more serious note, Lehmann tells a sad story of a
bureaucratic organization where management was constantly
changing direction and projects took months to complete — or
sometimes got canceled before they were ever launched. He left in
2012.

This is the challenge Marissa Mayer faces now that she
no longer has Yahoo's Alibaba stake to prop up the company's
share price. For his part, Lehmann isn't a fan, criticizing her
celebrity hires like Katie Couric and David Pogue, and writing
"Mayer is now banking on an overtly corrupt model of
digital journalism to help stanch Yahoo’s steady hemorrhage of ad
revenue."